You built this business for your family. But nobody is managing the money like it matters.
You've got staff who depend on you. A family that depends on the business. And a set of accounts that arrives months late and tells you what happened — never what to do next. You're not looking for another accountant. You're looking for a finance team.
Find out where the gaps are →Every owner arrives through a different door. Pick the one that sounds like you.
You get year-end accounts. You get a tax bill. But nobody sits with you monthly and says: here’s what’s happening, here’s what’s coming, here’s what to do about it.
This is what the RDA Finance Team solves →Nobody has ever pulled the full picture together — the company, the property, the pensions, the personal tax. You’ve never seen the whole map.
This is what family wealth planning solves →Buyers pay for clean numbers, documented systems and a business that runs without you. Getting there takes two to three years — and the tax on selling keeps rising while you wait.
This is what sale readiness solves →Turnover climbs, headcount climbs, and the pressure climbs with it. Growth without visibility isn’t growth — it’s momentum you can’t steer.
This is what monthly reporting solves →Shareholding. Employment structure. Tax. Fairness with the other children. The questions are big and your current accountant doesn’t have the answers.
This is what succession planning solves →Most accountants tell you what happened. We manage the whole thing.
We become your finance team. Not a supplier you chase. Not a firm that sends accounts once a year. A team that knows your business, manages your numbers every month, and connects your business and personal finances into one plan.
Your payroll feeds your management accounts. Your management accounts feed your tax plan. Your tax plan feeds your family wealth strategy.
Six ways your finance team earns its place
Give you the numbers
Run the day-to-day
Plan the tax
Get money out properly
Protect what you’ve built
Answer the big questions
Supported living and care providers
If you run a supported living or care business, we've built an entire dedicated practice around your sector.
Supported Living Financials →"I have found RDA to be flexible, creative and forward thinking. Working with their team to optimise business performance through both operational and accounting solutions has been highly beneficial to my client groups."
I had three different people touching the accounts and none of them were talking to each other. I didn't know my real profit. I was running a £3m family business on gut feel and it was keeping me up at night.
The rules changed in April. Has anyone called you about it?
The tax rules family business owners have relied on for decades were rewritten. If your accountant hasn't sat you down to talk through what it means for you, that tells you something.
Business Property Relief is now capped at £1 million.
The tax on selling your business rose to 18%.
Employer’s National Insurance is now 15%.
Making Tax Digital now covers income tax.
None of this is a reason to panic. All of it is a reason to have someone whose job is watching the rules so you don't have to.
The opportunities hiding in your numbers
Problems are what keep you up. But there are also things you're leaving on the table that nobody has pointed out to you.
You might be overpaying corporation tax because nobody has reviewed the structure since you set it up.
Your company can fund your pension at up to £60k a year — and most owners don’t use half of that.
If your property sits inside the trading company, it carries every risk the business does.
If you develop new products, processes or systems, you may be eligible — and many family businesses never claim.
The tax rate on selling has nearly doubled in two years — from 10% to 18%.
Two minutes will tell you which of these apply to you.
Eight questions. No email required.
Take the health check →A husband-and-wife property company, £4m turnover
No management accounts. No cash flow forecast. The bookkeeper resigned and nobody else knew how the numbers worked. He was making every financial decision on instinct. She had no visibility at all.
Within three months they had monthly reporting, payroll handled, a 90-day cash forecast, and a restructure that moved the property portfolio into a separate company — protecting the family's main asset from trading risk. The tax plan saved more than the annual fee in year one.
"For the first time, we both know where we stand. That changed everything."
We're probably not the right fit if…
You're a sole trader needing a tax return once a year, or a startup looking for the cheapest option. Our clients invest £25k–£50k a year and get a complete finance team for it. If that isn't the level you need, we'll say so on the first call.
A useful rule of thumb: a well-run business spends 2–4% of turnover on its finance function. At £2m turnover that's £40k–£80k a year — whether you spend it on salaries, a patchwork of suppliers, or one team. Our fee sits at the bottom of that range and replaces all of it.
Founded in 2002. Still asking the same question.
Paul Redmond started RDA Accountants with one belief: your business should serve your life, not the other way around. Twenty-three years later, that belief still decides how we work.
RDA Accountants UK works out of Shoreham-by-Sea, with the full weight of the group's tax, corporate finance and systems teams behind it.
Not sure where to start? Start here.
Eight questions. Two minutes. No email required. You'll see exactly where the gaps are — and whether your current setup is costing you more than a proper finance team would.
Someone is finally managing the whole thing — as if it were their family on the line.
Bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, management accounts, cash flow, tax planning, year-end — all handled by one team.
You don't need to know what you need. You just need to start talking.
Twenty minutes with Dan. He'll tell you where the gaps are and whether we can help. No obligation after the call. No follow-up pressure. Just clarity.
Book a 20-minute discovery call →